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![]() Here's the story. I'm an employee of Agra Metals Inc. a manufacturer of metal siding and distributor of metal building related products. (Domtek Inc. is our marketing company). My current job title would be shop foreman of our fastener and warehouse facility. That would be receiving, painting and shipping fasteners. Back in 1993 when we started this area of the business we were in need of a labeling and inventory application. Using Lotus123 v2.1, I programmed a label application for labeling fastener containers and shipping labels. To make the application more user friendly I used it's macro language. We later upgraded the labeling application to Quattro Pro for Windows. Prior to 1992 we used Lotus123 in a livestock operation (which we discontinued to start the fastener facility) for tracking shippings, costs and performance. It was at that time I taught myself the Lotus123 advanced macro language. When discussing inventory software with the management they asked me: Do we buy software or do you build your own? I quickly answered "Just give me a chance." First I built a functional inventory application with the Lotus database functions and macro language. Maintaining the spreadsheet database formulas and data area proved too tedious and doing queries on a spreadsheet wasn't very friendly. So the decision was made to look for database software. In May,1994 we brought the first version of Paradox 4.5 for Windows by chance. FoxPro, dBASE, Access and Paradox for DOS were taken into consideration. Never having used database software before I went by info in magazine articles and packaging advertisements. Based on the advertising on the packaging, the relational databasing and QBE feature of Paradox caught my attention, not to mention the promise of the application language, ObjectPAL. Having done databasing on Lotus123 helped out a lot. Exporting the data from Lotus123 to Paradox worked out fine. Studying the manuals and sample applications, buying a book on Paradox, (a few more books later on) plus early mornings and late nights eventually brought understanding to the DBMS. I still think understanding the Lotus123 macro language was big help to understanding ObjectPAL. Over the years we upgraded the PC systems and Paradox as needed. The applications increased in size and got more consistent. If I look at the applications I programmed the first few years, and compare them with what I do now, I actually have to laugh. All the programming I did so far was on standalone PCs. I work hard to make the applications look and feel as professional as possible. So far I haven't worked for a software company. Having programmed a few small applicationS for family, farm and manufacturing use, I can very truly say, Paradox, database designing, and the ObjectPAL language have given me many hours of programming enjoyment and challenges, especially on the self taught basics. Getting internet and accessing the newsgroup opened a new world of what other people do world wide with Paradox, which I find amazing. On the family and personal side, I was born in 1961. I reside with my wife Marilyn, and 4 children ages 9 to 18 (3 girls and 1 boy) near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada on a large farm , called Newdale Colony. The manufacturing business is also located on the farm. My hobbies are bird watching and yard work, planting trees, etc. The group of people I belong to are called The Hutterian Brethren (Hutterites). For more detailed information in the way we live, go to http://www.hutterites.org. The patience of my family and support our managers and staff is greatly appreciated. Paradox Community Newsgroups |
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